Kiran Bedi was the right choice for CM, BJP will win Delhi: Amit Shah

Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) President Amit Shah is still confident that the BJP will win the Delhi assembly elections, and is convinced that contrary to media reports, Kiran Bedi was the right choice as CM candidate. In an interview with CNN-IBN today, Shah spoke on a range of issues including opinion polls, Bedi’s candidature and the split within the Delhi BJP. Shah said that he was confident that BJP will form government in Delhi and that the poll’s impact will be seen in Bihar elections too. [caption id=“attachment_2075709” align=“alignleft” width=“380”] ![PTI image](https://images.firstpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/Amit-Shah_Adityapur_PTI.jpg) PTI image[/caption] Asked about the dissent among BJP cadres over nominating Kiran Bedi as the party’s chief ministerial candidate, Shah said, “We brought in Bedi to strengthen the party and it was a good decision.” He said that Kiran Bedi was not a liability for the party and in fact, BJP has benefitted after she joined the party. Launching an attack on Aam Aadmi Party, Shah questioned how AAP claims of not knowing about details of the donations given to them. “How did you not know about the Rs 2 crore donations given to you? Tomorrow you’ll say Dawood gave you the money but you don’t know about it,” Shah said. The BJP President added that a probe would be launched into the AAP hawala charge soon. Shah said that AAP has a Political Affairs Committee to probe donations over Rs 10 lakh. “They said they will investigate all donations, how can they not have inquired about a donation of Rs 50 lakh,” he asked, claiming that the AAP is using black money in its poll campaign. Shah also said that AAP has always betrayed the people and fallen back on its promises. “They are answerable to the people over why they did not fulfill their promises. They said they will hold jan sabhas every week but that did not happen, they said no minister will travel in executive class but that did not happen, they said they will not take any bungalows but they backtracked,” he said. Facing allegations over not releasing a poll manifesto, Shah said that the vision document of the party was no different. “Both the manifesto and vision document are the same things. There is nothing different between the two. Both have the outlook of the party,” he said. As the full statehood for Delhi finds no mention in the vision document, Shah said the issue should not be trivialised by bringing it up during polls. “Full statehood should not be brought up during elections. That is something to be discussed by all stake holders in a detailed manner. It should not be made a political issue”.

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Kiran Bedi was the right choice for CM, BJP will win Delhi: Amit Shah

Shah said that he is confident that BJP will form government in Delhi and that the poll’s impact will be seen in Bihar elections too.

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